Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. The break-in comes just as the swelling ranks of the unemployed are turning to sites like Monster.com to look for work.
The company disclosed on its Web site that it recently learned its database had been illegally accessed. Monster.com user IDs and passwords were stolen, along with names, e-mail addresses, birth dates, gender, ethnicity, and in some cases, users’ states of residence. The information does not include Social Security numbers, which Monster.com said it doesn’t collect, or resumes.
USAJobs.com, the U.S. government Web site for federal jobs, is hosted by Monster.com and was also subject to the data theft. USAJobs.com also posted a warning about the breach.
The company advised users to change their passwords and reminded them to ignore e-mails they may get that purport to be from the company and that ask for password information or instruct the user to download anything.
I think it’s reasonably creepy that monster.com isn’t directly contacting users whose accounts were compromised.
I hope they find my info are looking for help. I could really use the work.
I havn’t been able to login for years maybe they’ll give me my login.
Great! maybe since I am out of work I can lose my idenity too. Gee, 2009 is going to be so much better then 2008.
Looking at the site and the quality of search, I’d say their DB Admin is a 5 year old using DBase II.
Not surprised it was hacked.
I find this entertaining..
THIS file should be rather LARGE.
And since its for internal USE only…WHO would have access from remote?
Some one ISNT up on security protocols, OR it was an inside job.
# 5 ECA said, on January 26th, “WHO would have access from remote? Some one ISNT up on security protocols, OR it was an inside job.”
A targeted attack from the outside can bypass standard security. No one on the “inside” has to be in on it.
Isn’t this the second time they have been hacked? I thought they got hacked a year or two ago. I pulled my info off the site after that.
6,
true,
but with hidden dir, and files that could be read only with certain programs, and individual FILES for many persons..and SOMEONE MONITORING output or restricting FILE DL..REQUIRING REMOTE changes to go threw the MAIN DESK, to be only DONE from location(not remote).
SOMEONE had to have a password. And those involved with the site Control, SHOULD be smart enough to REQUIRE GOOD PASSWORDS. Unless there is a HOLE in there programming.
Monster.com hasn’t been relevant since the 1990s and the dot com bubble. A lot of bullshit involving keywords, fake employers stealing your data, craptastic job “leads” emails and otherwise some big scam.
I can’t remember if Monster.com is owned by Yahoo, run by yahoos or just obsolete like Yahoo.
Anybody know?
I think this site’s height of fame was a Superbowl commercial with some Kermit the frog song involving Rainbows.